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Why The Government is Isn’t a Bigger Version of a Startup

Steve Blank

academia was engaged in weapon systems research for the Defense Department and intelligence community. During World War II the United States did something its adversaries did not; it enlisted professors and graduate students as civilians in 105 colleges and universities to build advanced weapon systems — nuclear weapons, radar, etc.

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A Beginner’s Guide To Immigration Rules And Laws In The United States

The Startup Magazine

The United States started organizing immigration soon after it won freedom from Great Britain, and this has indicated the politics and migrant flows. The immigration law of the United States is complex, and we are going to discuss this in detail to make your concept clear regarding the same. What Is Immigration Law?

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What Is a Governance Model and Why Does it Matter?

Board Effect

The concept of governance is difficult to define in a sentence or two because it’s an intangible thing. A governance model serves as a representation of the many possible ways that a governance system could work if you were to change one or more of its parts. Governance models can be built in various ways.

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[Review] Startup Communities

YoungUpstarts

“We need to be like Silicon Valley,” we hear many a startup community organizer around the world intone. And Feld should know – he’s been an integral part of the startup community in Boulder, Colorado, and has seen the entrepreneurial scene there (and in other parts of the United States) flourish and grow.

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How To Use Governance Technology to Protect Nonprofit Board Members Against Cyberattacks

Board Effect

Here’s how governance technology can help tackle this key risk area for your organization. As a company firmly committed to modern governance, we understand the substantial disruption that the challenges of a major crisis can present for governing bodies. The board needs to have a clear vision of who-does-what after a breach.

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Why Small Community Lenders Have Your Back

Up and Running

The Association of Enterprise Opportunities , a national organization that advocates for micro business development, states that roughly 8,000 business loan requests are declined each weekday in the United States. But don’t fret—community lenders are helping small businesses. Meet the community lenders.

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How Venture Capitalists and Government Can Promote Entrepreneurship

David Teten

I’ve recently met with several universities, nonprofits, and government employees who’ve all asked the same question: how can we promote entrepreneurship? The first and primary role of a government is to provide basic public goods competently. To the extent that the government fails to do that, it will retard job creation.